To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6474.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5052):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6474, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6474

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf2ef1b3e0b6323f511ea2a0806ea3988e15b489cb0bdc9e9318e559af10f203

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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